Neo Westphalian Europe Part 38: Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are another archipelago that are currently in union with Denmark. In 1948 they managed to gain full autonomy for themselves, within the Danish state, like Greenland. Like Iceland before them they are likely to push for full independence in the near future. This would leave a new nation of the Faroe Islands made up of the six syslars of Eysturoyar, Norðoyar, Sandoyar, Streymoyar, Suðuroyar and Vága, currently part of Denmark.

The flag of the Faroe Islands is another of the Nordic Cross flags. It was officially adopted in 1948, when the Faeroes became an autonomous region. It was based on a flag created, in 1919, by some Faroese students studying in Copenhagen. It was used locally until World War Two when the British military requested the islanders use it as their naval jack, so their vessels could be differentiated from the Danish ones, which were currently under occupation of the Nazis.

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